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TRUCKEE, Calif. - An autopsy confirmed that a body found in a submerged car in a Northern California reservoir is that of missing Truckee teen Kiely Rodni, authorities said Tuesday."The Placer County Sheriff’s Office and the Nevada County Sheriff's Office are in communication with Kiely’s family and offer our deepest condolences to them during this extremely difficult time," officials said in a social media post.The Nevada County Sheriff-Coronor conducted the autopsy Tuesday after human remains were discovered Sunday in Prosser Creek Reservoir, not far from where the 16-year-old went missing two weeks ago.Since the discovery, investigators were nearly certain the body was that of Kiely, but waited for the results of the examination for certainty. The body found in a submerged car in the Prosser Creek Reservoir is "more than likely" missing teen Kiely Rodni, the Nevada County sheriff said Monday. A group of divers had announced they found Kiely's car with a body inside in the reservoir a day earlier."We believe it's her," Sheriff Shannon Moon said Monday after a group of volunteer divers found the body and Kiely's car in the reservoir on Sunday.

SANGER, Calif. (AP) - The Fresno County's Sheriff Office said the body of a 4-year-old boy has been recovered after he got swept away in a river. Authorities said an 8-year-old girl died and the boy went missing Sunday after the two children were swept away in a central California river swollen from rapidly melting mountain snows.Deputies responded around 2 p.m.

This car landed on the roof of a home in Placer County. Photo: Cal Fire CAPE HORN, Calif. - The internet was brimming with questions after a white Subaru Outback landed on the second-story roof of a home in Northern California. "How does this even happen?" Amy White wrote on Cal Fire's Facebook page.According to the Cal Fire Placer County unit, firefighters and the California Highway Patrol responded Sunday to a home on Robbers Ravine. Crews worked to rescue the driver of the car, which had somehow launched itself up on the roof of the home.

Kiely Rodni, the missing 16-year-old who was last seen at a campground party in California several weeks ago.At a press conference on Monday, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said a volunteer from the dive group Adventures with Purpose located the vehicle in Prosser Reservoir on Sunday. The dive group confirmed the vehicle was found upside-down under 14 feet (just over 4 metres) of water.

TRUCKEE, Calif. - A team of volunteer divers claimed on Sunday that they have found the body of Kiely Rodni near where the missing 16-year-old was last seen in Truckee two weeks ago. The discovery has not been confirmed by the Placer County Sheriff's Office, the law enforcement agency that has led the official search for Kiely. However, the sheriff's office, FBI and other agencies were investigating, according to a statement Sunday night. "The identity of the decedent has not been confirmed," the Placer County sheriff's office said on Sunday. "This is a developing situation."Updates will be given Monday morning by both the volunteers and the sheriff. The dive team Adventures with Purpose, however, did not express any doubt in its announcement."WE JUST FOUND KIELY RODNI," Adventures with Purpose said on its Facebook account Sunday.Kiely was found in her submerged car in Prosser Lake, the post said. "Car is upside down in only 14' of water.

TRUCKEE, Calif. - The unsolved disappearance of Kiely Rodni prompted several Northern California law enforcement agencies to take a closer look at registered sex offenders in the area as the search for the missing teen nears week two.The sweeps to see if sex offenders are in compliance with law enforcement occurred throughout the Truckee and North Tahoe area Thursday and resulted in one arrest for charges not related to Kiely's case, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office. Charges are expected to be filed on a second person, who also is not related to the teen's disappearance.The operation also found several sex registrants in violation of their terms, the sheriff's office said.Meanwhile, many young people who attended the same party as Kiely, 16, in Truckee on the night she vanished are remaining tight-lipped, according to a report from the New York Post, Several hundred people attended the gathering at a campground on the night of August 5.

PLACER COUNTY, Calif. - Authorities have determined that the coronavirus vaccine was not a contributing factor to a Northern California man's death at the beginning of the month, authorities said Saturday."Clinical examination and lab results have determined the COVID-19 vaccine has been ruled out as a contributing factor in the individual’s death," the Placer County Sheriff's Office wrote in a post on Facebook.Last week, the sheriff's department reported that a man died hours after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, though they did not specify which vaccine the person received. RELATED: Stay up to date on all coronavirus-related informationAuthorities say that the 64-year-old man was employed as a healthcare worker at a facility in Placer County.

AUBURN, Calif. - An investigation was underway, following the death of a person who died shortly after receiving a vaccine for the coronavirus in Placer County last week.County health officials and the Placer County Sheriff’s Office issued a joint statement saying the person died on Thursday, hours after getting vaccinated.The vaccine had not been administered by Placer County Public Health, officials said, without offering details on where the person received the shot. Officials did note that the individual had tested positive for COVID-19 in late December. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting vaccinated even if a person has had COVID-19 because of the severe health risks associated with the virus and because

ROCKLIN, Calif. - A basketball tournament held in Placer County sparked a health alert from health officials after more than 30 people at the games tested positive for COVID-19.The event was held at Courtside Basketball Center in Rocklin, about 22 miles northeast of Sacramento, on Nov. 7 and 8."Our message to the public today is that no one should be attending such tournaments at this time," said Dr. Rob Oldham, from the county's public health department.

COLFAX, California - This is a good reminder to keep your car clean, especially when you live in a bear’s natural habitat.Deputies with the the Placer County Sheriff’s Office in Colfax, California had to free a bear that locked itself in an SUV and trashed the interior.RELATED: Glazed or jelly? FWC uses Krispy Kreme doughnuts to lure bear into humane trapVideo shows the bear squeeze itself out of the driver’s side window that deputies had already broken in order for the critter to escape safely.Aftermath video showed the interior of the car that had been heavily damaged. “A reminder about bears to our community: when they are hungry, they will seek any source of food they can find — in this case — it was someone’s car,” the department